Archive for October 8th, 2009

General wants 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan (Reuters)

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Members of U.S. Marines from 8th Marine Regiment walk during a patrol in Khorakoh village near Garmsir district in Helmand province, October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters – The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum necessary to prevail, two sources familiar with his recommendations said on Thursday.

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Moon crashing probes complete major milestone (AP)

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This artist's rendering provided by NASA via Brown University shows the Centaur upper stage rocket separating from its shepherding spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. On Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, NASA will crash the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, into a crater on the moon?s south pole to search for evidence of water ice. (AP Photo/NASA)AP – NASA’s moon probe has separated into two pieces as plotted, a major milestone toward a Friday morning double-barreled crash into the lunar surface.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Fresh flooding hits Philippines after days of rain (AP)

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Residents go on their daily business amidst continued flooding at a village in Victoria township, Laguna province, east of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Tropical storm Ketsana, followed by another typhoon Parma displaced hundreds of thousands of residents and brought the worst flooding in metropolitan Manila and neighboring provinces in more than 40 years. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP – Officials say fresh flooding has hit about 30 towns in the northern Philippines, sending residents fleeing to rooftops and scrambling for safety. The floods came after dams released excess water from recent heavy rains.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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